MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 20:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 232 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 686 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 688 42% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.8 86% 105 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.6 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-00000 256GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT0100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 49 89 103 65 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 430 Write 20.5 Mixed 145 SusWrite 63.9 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 17.1 74% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 13 DQ Mixed 19.5 49% 113 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 628GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 189 187 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 116 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 188 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,676x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16